The disruption comes as Indonesia grapples with a rapidly changing volcanic-ash situation that has already affected thousands ...

Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta airport suspended flights due to Mount Anak Krakatau ash, affecting Singapore Airlines and other ...

JAKARTA: After years of putting up with occasionally poor water quality and supply disruptions of piped water provided by the city authorities, Sigit Hariyanto decided to take matters into his own ...

Thanks to its diverse culinary offerings from a thriving Asian chef community and a fusion of traditional and modern flavors, Jakarta is poised to become Asia’s next culinary hotspot. ByRoger Sands, ...

Thousands of families in Penjaringan, North Jakarta, rely on expensive deliveries from water trucks. Credit: Michael Neilson The blue water tanker rumbles into the narrow lanes of Muara Angke, a ...

Forget Venice. The fastest-sinking city is the Indonesian capital, parts of which are dropping at 25cm a year. Can an outlandish plan for a giant seawall and luxury waterworld city in the shape of a ...

With a population surpassing 10 million people, and as the capital of the world’s fourth most populous nation (Indonesia trails only China, India and the United States), Jakarta is one of the world’s ...

Jakarta is a lot of things. Chaotic? Sure. Ugly? At times. But dangerous? Hell no. Well, if Jakarta isn’t some crime-filled gangster’s paradise, then why did it score so low on the list? Because the ...

Commutes that cause panic attacks – but the kindness of a village community. Jakarta’s residents tell us what life in the city is really like – and why they have such a love/hate relationship with the ...

JAKARTA: An eruption of Indonesia's Mount Anak Krakatau caused the suspension of hundreds of flights at Jakarta's main ...